Now I have never been known to be a proper fan of rock music, but recently I came across a Dire Straits album, titled —˜Brothers In Arms’, that somehow enticed me to pop it in and give it a listen, purely because of the profound title and I was …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 3″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Ok, so far, we have cheating and homosexuality in an R. Kelly song and video. Lovely. Anyway, picking up where Part 2 left off, we have all four people here (Sylvester, Rufus, his wife Cathy, and his boyfriend Chuck, played by …

The CD to the movie One Last Dance is incredibly dynamic and awesome. It truly takes the listener on a journey that is powerful and emotional. This is the story of three dancers, once torn apart and now brought back together in a time of sorrow, but they …

Don’t blink by Kenny Chesney is a song about how if you blink your whole life can go faster than you think. It’s like telling you not to waste a minute of your life because you never know what you may miss and you don’t want to miss a …

For those who are unaware who Jim Jones is, he is an executive at Diplomat Records as well as an artist who performs along with Cam’ron and Juelz Santana also known as The Diplomats. Is third cd which is titled “Hustler’s P.O.M.E.” and features the smash hit “We Fly …

I was surprised to see Star Buck’s Coffee Shop selling C.D.’s. I was more surprised to find the Martin Scorsese Soundtrack of ‘No Direction Home’, with Bob Dylan’s music, there. I bought one, in a hurry! In the 60’s, I was in high school, going to college, getting married, …

Street Flash is a song by Animal Collective and is the second track on their 2008 EP, Water Curses. Opening up lightly, the instrumentation on this track is pretty stripped down at the beginning as was the case with the preceding track. The interplay between the few instruments on …

I am a huge Britney Spears fan. I watch all of her music videos and memorize the words to all of her songs. I own every album and have so many posters all over my walls. Her concerts are amazing and the fact that she’s produced so many hit …

Shania Twain is one of those musicians that I grew up listening too. While admittedly she is not my favorite female artist she is one whose music I have come to enjoy and appreciate over the years. ” The Woman In Me” was released in early 1995 and my …

I had never heard about Trinidad James and randomly came across his ‘All Gold Everything’ music video on YouTube.
Since I had no clue about him and his music I watched the video till the end and I was wondering what just happened?? The visuals were so distracting that the …

I do really appreciate so much the album entitled ” New Season” by the Christian band Israel and the New Breed. It is a Christmas gift to me by a friend and it is indeed one of the best Christmas gift I have received. The New …

Overview —“ For Whom The Bell Tolls, the third track on Ride The Lightning, is what I would consider to be one of Metallica’s most well known songs throughout their career. I’m aware that when a person thinks of Metallica they’ll most likely think of tracks like Enter Sandman …

When The Ship Comes In is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album The Times, They Are A-Changin’. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern before Dylan comes in with his vocal performance with his classic tone and excellent lyrics. Like many tracks …

Aaliyah
“If Your Girl Only Knew”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Aaliyah returned to the spotlight in 1996 with her second album, “One In A Million”, promoted by her debut single and video from the album, “If Your GIrl Only Knew”. This song and video is one quite funky jam which stands out …

This song, Irreplaceable by Beyonce is so describing my love life right now. I just love it and whenever I have moments that I think my boyfriend is not appreciate me enough, I would put on this music and listen to it on repeat mode.
I like the …

Oxford Comma is a song by Vampire Weekend which appears on their debut self-titled record. The song opens up with a very simple yet definitive rhythm before the vocals come in for the first verse. One thing about Oxford Comma is I find it incredibly hard to not enjoy …

I listened to Bittersweet World by Ashlee Simpson the other day and she does not sound like her sister at all. In fact, I thought it was another rendition of Avril Lavigne or something.
The album of this song is not that awesome. I sifted through the songs and …

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Abbey Road. I will point out that this is the longest track on Abbey Road and also longer than the average Beatle song as its length is around eight minutes. The song …

Rob Thomas, lead singer of the popular rock band Matchbox 20, has quickly grown to become one of the most influential songwriters of the last 20 years. As a solo artist, Thomas has written and performed with influential artists such as Carlos Santana and Joss Stone. He has also …

This is an AMAZING CD. All the songs on this cd you can definately relate to if you’ve been in a relationship that didnt work out. EVEN if your the reason it didnt work out. You can just put it on and let it go. My favorites are Heaven …

4th Dimensional Transition is a track which appears on MGMT’s second album, Oracular Spectacular. Up to this point, MGMT has had five excellent tracks to precede this track on this record and they somehow manage to continue their streak of extremely strong songs with 4th Dimensional Transition. The intro …

I just recently started listing to Sufjan Stevens and really really really enjoy them. they have a unique sound that I dont think can be found in any other artist of today. the track titles are extreamly long and hilarious such as track #2 entitled The Black Hawk War, …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 9″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Part 9 in the “Trapped In The Closet” series picks up right after Part 8. Officer James begins to hear a noise in the kitchen and starts searching around - behind the fridge, under the table - nothing, but he does …

From Here To Eternity is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Fear Of The Dark. The song opens up with a pretty catchy rhythm due to a nice guitar riff and a simple drum rhythm which continues for a while before a lead guitar part …

I came across a tune, from listening to an online radio station, called “Stumblin’ In”. It’s a duet from Suzie Quatro and Chris Norman. Both are known very well in North America, but widely known in Europe and Australia. This song captivated me as I heard it for the …

You Me At Six have eventually managed to impress me! I actually like their new album. I think I didn’t like their debut album Take Off Your Colours because I did not like Josh’ voice, but his vocals have vastly improved for their new album. The only thing I …

I am not usually a fan of bands which ’scream’ in a sense, but Cradle of Filth shined a new light on the subject of ‘Black Metal’ for me and actually are responsible for bringing me in depth and in detail as a fan of the Black Metal Genre. …

Just Like Heaven is a song by The Cure that I have always liked. This song came out on the wave of the new, alternative rock and the end of the new wave genre. Just Like Heaven’s sound is soft contains a lot of blended synthesizers, but it also …

Eminem- Curtain Call (The Hits)
Is it just me or is Eminem always supposedly retiring from the hip hop scene only to come back with yet another release? Well, not that I’m complaining of course, The more music from this rap genius the better as far as I’m concerned! This …

Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik - two of the world’s biggest popstars today has made a new collaboration for the highly anticipated erotic film “Fifty Shades Darker”. When I heard this news the first thing that came to my mind was, “Seriously? Their voices will not blend well, what …

I’m Looking Through You is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Rubber Soul. Before I begin I want to stress right now that this is one of the many examples on Rubber Soul that certainly proved The Beatles were about to enter into a level …

Chris Cagle is a country singer who always sings very different topics, like ones you wouldn’t really think to sing about. This song is about doing things to impress girls. And I like it because a lot of is true when it comes to men and woman. Men do …

Big Bird is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and is the sixteenth and final track on their 2011 album entitled Knife Man. Opening up with the vocals singing alone, the track has a similar sound to the track to precede it, Free Bird, in that the vocal performance …

This is the first time that I have ever really heard something fast by John Legend. I absolutely love this song, and did the first time that I heard it. Usually I don’t like songs with this particular tempo. The tempo has been used a …

Nine Heavens, the second album by Niyaz, a group comprised of former Vas vocal Azam Ali, instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian, and DJ Carmen Rizzo, is an ecstatic 2-CD compilation. The first of these contains 9 electronically mixed songs, and the second repeats the same songs except one in an …

I bought the CD Hopes and Fears basically because of the song “Everybody’s Changing”. I just fell inlove with it the first time I heard it, so I told myself I have to buy the CD. Hopes and Fears is Keane’s debut album and contains 12 songs. I must …

No More Mister Nice Guy is a cover performed by Megadeth which appears on their record Hidden Treasures. The track starts off with that classic riff from Alice Cooper’s track but certainly with a more aggressive tone and just sort of more an electrified tone coming from Mustaine. Although …

My best friend is a song by Tim McGraw. It talks about a husband and wife that have a great relationship.
It idealizes how a great marriage should be if it is going to last through the sea of times. It talks about people and things and the way they …

Wildest Dreams is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Dance Of Death. Wildest Dreams starts off with a pretty powerful guitar rhythm which has a pretty driving feel, it doesn’t seem to be all that aggressive but it certainly lends itself nicely to Bruce Dickinson …

This is a review for GHS Electric Boomers guitar strings. These have been around since 1964 and have been a standard in the industry. The great thing about these is the price and consistency of the strings. I’ve been through every brand of string you could imagine and I’m …

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, pretty much the second half of Holiday, serves as an excellent contrast to Holiday which I will explain. It’s been said that the two songs are meant to be looked as basically one piece of music where Holiday is the party and Boulevard Of Broken …

After the Storming sucess of there previous 3 albums, Coldplay After a World Tour, Promoting there 3rd Album, X & Y. began Work on there fourth Album.
Being a Huge Fan of the previous 3 studio albums, Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, and X & Y. I …

One of Led Zeppelin’s semi know song is the track Heatrbreaker off their second album, Led Zeppelin 2. I like this song because it has that signature riff throughout the sing that is played in octaves. It really has that late 60’s tone to it and Robert Plant’s vocals …

A new band has recently come onto my radar–Radical Something. They are a three man group composed of rapper Loggy (whose lyrics are meaningful and thought-provoking), singer Josh Cocktail (whose voice is smooth as silk), and producer Big Red (who does a great …

The Vox AC15 CC is a 15watt class A tube amp that is something of an amalagam of previous AC 15 models. The amp is fairly big, and very heavy, weighing something in the neighborhood of 80 pounds, but it’s still easier lugging around than a halfstack.
The AC15 CC …

Ever since I first heard about them “Alice in Chains” has been one of my favourite bands, and whenever I listen to them, I regret the fact that I never knew about them in the nineties even though I was a little girl. Therefore when I discovered their old …

I have a certain fondness for folky pop music, and an even greater fondness for female rock singers. Eisley is an amazing example of both these qualities, and “Invasion” is one of my favorite songs in their catalog. Making a song in the folk/pop genre as interesting as this …

50 cent is a Rap star who is signed to Eminem and Dr. Dre on Aftermath Records and he has given the world such hits as ‘Wanksta’, ‘P.I.M.P.’ and �Heat�. I have been a 50 cent fan since 1997 and so when he signed his record deal I …

I have always liked classical music such as cellos and violins but I had never heard anything like this. Cellos and Metallica?? Who would of guessed. But these guys, Apocalyptica, they pulled it off. On this CD these four guys with their cellos cover songs by Metallica. I …

Memory of A Longing Love or also what it is called as ‘Memori Sekuntum Rindu’ is very poignant, sweeping and sad. I have teared a few times whilst listening to this song, sung by the band Spoon.
Unfortunately, the lead singer of this band Spoon had been killed …